VACANT BUILDING ON MAIN STREET IN FULTON DESTROYED BY FIRE; CAUSE UNDETERMINED

THIS BRICK STRUCTURE AT THE CORNER OF MAIN AND WASHINGTON STREETS IN FULTON WAS ENGULFED A SHORT TIME AGO, WITH FULTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, FULTON COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE, SOUTH FULTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, WATER VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT, UNION CITY AND MARTIN FIRE DEPARTMENTS AT THE SCENE. UTILITY SOURCES MAY BE EXPERIENCING OUTAGES IN THE AREA. DEMOLITION IS SET TO BEGIN SHORTLY, ACCORDING TO FULTON CITY MANAGER AND FULTON VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER MIKE GUNN. EARLY ON, THERE WAS CAUSE FOR CONCERN, WHEN THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE BUILDING, HOWEVER GUNN SAID CONTACT HAD BEEN MADE WITH THE FAMILY MEMBER.